Improved railway-car seat



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nwpnovEDRAlLwv-CAR SEAT.

`Specification,forming part of yI hette-rs'Patent u No. 82,8159, dated October 6, 1868.

To all whontt may concern:

Be itk-nown that I, F. F. WAGNER, of the city of Harrisburg, c ountyof Dauphin, and

State of Pennsylvania,- have invented an Im- 'proved RailroadfarSeat; and I do 'hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact descrlption of the construction and operation of the same, reference being 'had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, i'n which-f- Figure 1 is a vertical section of the. seat.

body, support, and seat of the same.

I construct my car-seat in such form and such adjustable parts as tosecure a reversal of seats without inversion of the backs, and at the same time to secure the. elevationof AtheV A front ofthe seat, automatically, for either 'povsition of the back. To' attain'these results, I

' construct the'snpport of the seat shown...in

Fig. 3 sofas Ito have an' are top rail, w w, and

the body shownin Fig. 2 has its under side geurved to tit andls'weep said arcfw :t of thel 'supportigillhe b'odyisheld in contact and in proper position onsaidsupport by straps or' clips, PP l?, as 'showngin- Fig. 1, which area g part ofthesides of the body, and reach down on the inside'of` the end pieces of the frame of the body, andvpass down likewise o n the inside of vthe railsw :tot the',A support, and have a claw --j ,or head to hold and slide on the under side of .fr The ends of said body-frameare joined f together rails KK', which run parallel the length oftheseat, and have their top edge inclinefl tOward the centerof motion '0, as shown in Fig. 2 at K KQ'- By this means two benchesv are formed at K K' for the seat shown in Fig.

4, whicli'hasalsothe same curvilinear form, and has two abutments fm', on its under side,made by cutting away the ends beneath, which abutments aremade to hold the seat against K or K' of the body, as shown in Fig. 1. O n the inside of each end o fthe seat-body are two 4pivotedl arms, A N and B Q, (s hown in Figs. 1 and 2,) the former pivoted to the middle fof the arm-rest, and connected withtheback near the middle of it atv A, Fignl, the latter pivoted, to the center of the base K K' at O, and connected with the back at B nea-rits lower end', as'shown inA Figs. 1 and-2. The

arm or connecting-rod NA has one end slotted the back, in rde'r to .overcome the difference in the lengths of the connecting-rods NA and O B in" their revolutiox'i about their pivots, and to'V give the back aproper slant when in place for use.

' Theconnecting-rod B O n, Fig. 2,.extends beyond 0,- its lower pivot'to n, where is placed a pin, n, which reaches through from the outside of support toits inside at'points L L aS shown in Figs. 1 and-4, said rod being placedin a space made for vit between the inner end of thebody and outer end of the seat. Saidpin n traverses a cam, S, inthe plate W, Figi l, striking Ythesides 1 and12, respectively, in

'reversing 'the back A B YD from side to side.

Said cam S has its sides 1 and 2 so curved inward. near tile open end that the pin'nwill *throw the seat m m', to which the plate is con-- nected on its inner side before the back is entirely-reversed, thus clearing the place for 'the base B of the `baclcbefore itv steps o'rfalls.,

Said base v13', Figs. 1 'and 2, iscut or recessed to't thejsharp outer'edge of the rails K K j when in rest on them. When said seat m m',

Fig. 1, has been shoved or moved by the cam 'Son it, by means of the pin n on said rod 0 B, the-pin n also performs the office of locking the sliding body at rest, which is effected by sliding the body o f the seat' in the arc on the above-.described supportforward toits full extent, when the said pin n -falls into a notch,

L or L', in said support arc rail, which, being stationary, holds said jbody. The said pin 'n fall`siright inside of the, clip P, thus securing a j v rm'lhold, and the rod B O, being helddown at the end B by weight of the back and bythe back 'of the occupant, it cannot move until properly adjusted.

The moverne t which the. back performs is indicated by the'line D gQ It D', Fig. 1. The

ro'dN A is shoved in to end, of slot a b in it.

l The back is thenA raised and pushed or lifted [across to. its place 'on the opposite rail 'K orv :K., the position of the back and rods in partial reversion vbein g shown -'in Fig. 2.

" Itwill be noticed that the-back is not inverted, as is usually done, but lthe movement is across the seat, passing from side to side by;

la species of parallelism, and here termed reverrion.

at -a b, to 'admit of a iexnre in the reversion of r periirgy with the adjustment of the seat; fifth,

the lower end of the back being always the lowerend, if soiled by feetor otherwise, will `not be as much arnuisance as is generally the case otherwise; sixth, more convenience and comfort are attained with little, if any, more expense.

I disclaim the use of piroted connecting- 3l "sasso y ,f

rodsfbroadly, also the pivots in the edge of the back, also a detachable seat; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters'Patent of the United States, is

1. The curved body-frame K K', connected te the arc rails of the support by means of the clips P, and with the sliding seat by means of the eamsS, pins n, andthe fulcrum-rods B O n, al1 constructed and arranged substany tially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The slotted connecting-rods N A, in com binati'oiwith the fulcrum-rods B' O fn, *when* arranged on the sides of the sliding frame N K.K, to effect reversion in 'the manner as herein expressed.

F. F. WAGNER.

Witnesses:

DAVID HARRIS, CIIHEOPHILUS WEAVER. 

